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An avaricious, grasping fellow; a miser; a niggard; a churl.

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  1. n. An avaricious, grasping fellow; a miser; a niggard; a churl.
  2. n. a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas
  3. An avaricious, grasping fellow; a miser; a niggard; a churl. A gray-headed curmudgeon of a negro. W. Irving.
  4. An avaricious, grasping fellow; a miser; a niggard; a churl.A gray-headed curmudgeon of a negro. W. Irving.
  5. n:100 n. a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas